It's a way of thinking about form that has more to do with individuality than it does with convention.

思考这种形式的方法，与传统习惯相比,与个性更有关系。

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But in the meantime you see that we can't mess with conventional systems by imposing the individuality of our will on them and expecting anything to change.

所以，我们不能,以个人的意志改变,一个事物在惯例中的意义。

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Hobbes' individuality or individualism is closely connected to this conception of a human being or human well-being as success in the competition for the goods of life.

霍布斯的个性或者个人主义,是与人类或人类福祉的概念紧密相连的,就像在为好生活的奋斗当中,获得了胜利。

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